I'm thinking of buying a non-Apple battery replacement for Macbook Pro unibody. Apple does not support this. The process looks simple, but I'm concerned that the battery firmware could be incompatible ...

So during the setup of my mac I have checked the FileVault box, and now it isn't finishing. When the macbook is not connected to the chargers it asks me to do so. When I connect the mac the Filevault ...

I'm using Macbook Pro 13' and iiyama monitor as an external one. Recently i've started having this weird problem. My photoshop window moves down - almost completely out of the screen on my external ...

I left my MacBook Pro backing up to an external drive using SuperDuper only to wake up and find that the progress was where I had left it. I had used my hot-corners that put my display to sleep also ...

My Macbook pro retina (2012 model) with a 256Gb SSD has been showing some worrying signs.
I fear the SSD might be worn out.
This computer has been used almost day for the past 2 years for intensive ...

I have a MacBook Pro with a 250GB hard drive. Right now I'm left with only 4GB free memory.
I've selected the root folder in Finder (my computer name) and hit CMD+A and ALT+CMD+I to get the size of ...

I'm not sure if Google's login page, Chrome, or Mac OS caused this, but recently I encountered an error when trying to type my email into the Google login field of a webpage on my 1-day-old MacBook ...

I installed windows 8 on my macbook pro under virtualbox. Now I want to update it to 8.1 with the store (free), but I get the error:
You can't update because this doesn't support de CPU of your PC.
...

I have paired my Macbook Pro running Yosemite with Bose Soundlink OE bluetooth headset. Once after I restart the mac, I need to re-pair the bluetooth headset. Mac wouldn't save it in the list of the ...

Does restart count as harddisk boot?
Most reference sites state that the life span of hard drives depends on the number of boots (On/Off) where the drive arm lands its head on the drive platter.
The ...

I am on a macbook pro, late 2012. I had installed linux on my mac on a separate partition which I created using diskutil. Then I formatted my mac one day and now everything seems to have changed.
I ...

I have a 13-inch, Mid 2012 MacBook pro which comes with a 500 GB sata hard drive. I'm running 10.9.5 Mavericks. Of the 500 GB I have about 77 GB used whereas the rest of it is free space, this drive ...

I want to try to install ArchLinux on my macbook pro 5.3 with EFI support, i don't want any other OS but Archlinux. but i am unable to convince Apple firmware to load my custom efi image. What i have ...

I am looking for a Macbook Pro Retina 15" Mid 2014 Low Profile SD Adapter so I can expand the storage on a laptop (Model A1398).
However every one of these adapters (on ebay, amazon etc) exclude this ...

Setup: I have a MacBook Pro 15", mid 2009, 3.06GHz. The DVD drive has been replaced with a SAMSUNG SSD (830 series), 128GB, the battery has been replaced once with an original one. RAM was upgraded to ...

I just bought a used second-hand Macbook Pro, it is already functioning with OS and stuffs and a lot of apps.
Im already using it, I didn't have it reformatted or whatsoever, so the previous owners ...

I just bought a cheap Thunderbolt to VGA conversor, for a macbook pro. It didn't work at all so I decided to open the case. I found a silicon lump and most of the cables just hanging there.
Just as ...

The display of my MacBook Pro 13" (2010 model) is broken and I would like to install Windows 7 Pro on the device.
I also have a Cinema Display which connects to the MBP. However, I cannot get the MBP ...

I have a Seagate external hard drive, when I first installed it I made it compatible with both windows and mac even though I, myself, have a Macbook Pro. But for some reason it works very well with ...

I see there are others with this problem. My computer kept turning off until finally I couldn't turn it back on. It was giving me a message "the Start Up disk was full" and suggesting I rid of some ...

I have recently bought a MacBook Pro and immediately noticed that, unlike every Windows OS I've worked with, a Google option constantly pops up when I start to type and often blocks the screen.
This ...

My MacBook Pro does not wake up from sleep. Someone told me (because she also had a problem with the same symptoms as mine) there is a sensor at the hinge at the bottom of the display that tells the ...

I recently replaced the trackpad in my mid 2009 MacBook Pro. It now works fine. But upon restart, the fan runs at full speed from startup. It even turned itself on once while it was "asleep." I rac ...

I’ve been using Yosemite for quite a while on HDD which came with MBP and it worked just fine. I also have MacBook 2010 with Intel SSD and also running Yosemite with no problem.
Now, yesterday I’ve ...